Any idea how to make native library without cocoap...

# kotlin-native

[James Smith]

Any idea how to make native library without cocoapod work? I'm following these instructions:
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mobile/add-dependencies.html#add-a-library-without-cocoapods

But I get the following error when I try to run the tests:
dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/MyFramework.framework/MyFrameworkMyFramework
Referenced from: /redacted/path/build/bin/ios/debugTest/test.kexe
Reason: image not found

My gradle setup is exactly as in the article, there are no warnings from the linker.
I've checked several resources about xcode problems like this, tried settings from these answers:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27174371/ios-8-dynamic-framework-library-not-loaded
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45542928/load-custom-dynamic-library-dylib-in-ios-application

[aleksey.tomin]

Are you know about https://github.com/Kotlin/kmm-sample/ ?

[Tijl]

it should work for running your app normally (did you try?), but for tests it’s broken. you need to add linkeropts manually.

[Tijl]

see for example this thread: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C3SGXARS6/p1599727679156900?thread_ts=1599727395.156400&cid=C3SGXARS6

[Tijl]

ah I see you want without cocoapods. This thread is based on that but the way linker flags work should still help you hopefully.

[aleksey.tomin]

@Tijl Now I’m creating iOS app on this example.
Now app works without ktor-client (I’m debugging it)

[James Smith]

@Tijl yeah, it looks like without cocoapods it should practically the same, thanks!

[Tijl]

you might need to pass -ObjC to the linker as well depending on what you link, and maybe explicitly pass the frameworks, e.g.

linkerOpts("-framework", "SomeFramework")

I also use a slightly different approach where instead of messing with xcrun I have a copy task that puts all the frameworks in a Frameworks directory next to test.kexe

[Tijl]

man ld is your friend I guess